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AIRSHIP. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6, '1911.

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J. E. DE BAUN.

AIRSHIP.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6, 1911.

Patented Aug. 19, 1913.

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J. E. DE BAUN.

AIRSHIP.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 6, 1911.

Patented Aug. 19,1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFQ.

JOHN E. DE BAUN, OF SPRING VALLEY, NEW YORK.

AIRSHIP.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN E. DE BAUN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Spring Valley, county of Rockland, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Airships, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates more particularly to an air-ship in which mechanism is employed for propelling and controlling the ship in its flight.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an air-shipin which mechanism is provided to adapt the ship in its flight to be controlled and to be positively propelled in various directions, and which has'a plurality of movable wings or devices so constructed and arranged that the said wings may be made to assist in the movement of the ship and to sustain the same during its various movements.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple, light and strong air-ship which is adapted to have a motor so arranged as to move the different propelling vation, partly in section and partly broken away, of one form of ship or machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the wings or devices for elevating the ship; and Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary transverse section showing a part of the operating mechanism.

The body or cage 10 may be of any suit able form or construction. As shown it comprises a light and strong frame 11, suitably braced, and inclosing this frame is a canvas or other covering 12 which may be made waterproof and which is adapted to extend any desired height along the sides of the frame so that the body will float on Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 6, 1911.

Patented Aug. 19,1913. Serial No. 658,820.

water in case of accident or for other reasons.

A motor 13 of any suitable kind, whether gasolene, electric or other make may be arranged within the body 12 and suitably supported on the frame, and extending outward from each side of the motor is the shaft 14. The ends of the shaft are journaled in the frame, and at or near the ends are sprocket wheels 15 around which pass chains 16 which are adapted to rotate the sprocket wheels 17 carried by shafts 18 which are located at the front and rear of the body. On each shaft 18 is a propeller 19, and these propellers may be rotated at any desired speed to propel the ship or machine.

To assist in elevating the machine and to control the same in its flight, I may arrange at or near each end of the shaft let a plurality of eccentrics 20 and 21 which are adapted to operate the wings or devices 22, 23, 24 and 25. Various means may be employed for operating the wings or devices, and said devices may be variously constructed. The eccentrics 20 and 21 may be secured to a sleeve 26, and one end of this sleeve, as 27, may be formed as a clutch member and adapted to engage the clutch member is a second member 28 which is operatively connected to a lever 29 so that said clutch members may be engaged or disen- .gaged at will and therebycause the eccentrics 20 and 21 to remain stationary or to rotate with the shaft 141 as desired. A lever 30 one for each eccentric is pivoted at 31 t0 the frame 11, and has one end arranged in the path of movement of the eccentric so as to be moved on its pivot when said eccentric is operated, and the other end of each lever 30 is connected by cables, ropes or other connections 82 to one of the devices or wings. These connections are so arranged that they will hold the wings or devices in substantially a horizontal position and will move the same upwardand downward as said le nism that when one device of the forward pair is in its lowermost position, the oppo- .site one of the rear pair is in a similar posltion as shown best in Fig. 2, thus serving better to balance and sustain the ship in its flight.

Each device or wing may be substantially rectangular in form and is provided with a light: and strong frame 33 having the arched nnnnbers s4 and at the rear and the forward part thereof, and extending between said members Flt and of each frame are a plurality of flexible members 36. These members 36 have a bag-like form to provide pockets and have a parachute effect on the air in the dmvnward movement of the wings or devices, and said devices are adapt ed to collapse to offer less resistance to the air during the backward or upward movement of said devices. Each collapsible memher or part 36 may be formed of canvas or other material, and may be suspended at the upper portion thereof from a rod 88 extending between the frame members 3e and 35, and the lower or open part thereof may be connected at its ends by a flexible connection 39 to limit the outward spreading movement of the sides of the parts or members 36, but which will permit the members to collapse during the upward movement of said wings. It will be seen, therefore, when the motor is operated, the eccentrics will operate the levers 30, and these levers will move the wings or devices 22 and 25 upwardly and downwardly, one lever serving to force one wing downward, while the other lever of the pair serves to force the other member downward, the devices being so positioned that when the wing 22 is down, the wing 23 is in its uppermost position, while the wing 25 has had a downward movement given thereto. The wings or devices are supported by the levers 410 and ll. These levers are pivoted at 4:2 to a longitudinally extending bar 42 which is held to the uprights or standards 43, and the levers 40 are pivotally connected at their outer ends to the frame members of the wings or de vices 22 and 23, while the levers 41 are pivotally connected at their outer ends to the frame members of the wings or devices 24 and 25.

As a means to steer the ship or device, I may provide a suitable rudder lt at the rear of the body, and this rudder may be supported by a bracket or brace 45 having one end connected to one of the uprights L3, and its other end supported on an extension tr projecting rearwardly from the cage or body 10, and this rudder may be under the control of the operator in any desired way, and by the movement of said rudder the body may be steered laterally in either direction. In the forward part of the ship may be suspend-ed a device L6. This device may be held to a support l7 and may comprise an upper pivoted member 48, and a lower pivoted member l9 so connected by links that when the members are moved on their pivots the resistance offered to the air will tend to elevate or lower the forward part of the ship, and by means of the propellers 19 may be caused to move either upward or downward either in conjunction with or independent of the wings or devices 22 and 25. The device 46 may be connected by ropes 50 or otherwise to a steering drum 51 so that by rotating said drum the device 46 may be moved in either direction for steering purposes.

In addition to the features shown any of the well-known parts of the usual areoplane may be employed in connection with some of the features of the invention or as a substitute therefor.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that a simple, compact, light and strong air-ship or machine is provided which is adapted to be under the absolute control of an attendant; that mechanism is arranged whereby devices may be operated to cause said devices to assist in elevating and sustaining the air-ship or machine in its flight; that said machine has its body so made as to float on the water or to move and be propelled in the air, and that simple and efiicient steering and propelling mechanism is provided for the machine.

It is to be understood that the word body may include the part which adapts the ship to float on the water or may indi cate any suitable support or framework.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Let-- ters Patent 1. The combination with a body, of propelling mechanism, means for steering said body, a plurality of devices serving as wings and each provided with a plurality of open ended flexible bag like members, means for suspending the devices in pairs, and means for operating said devices so that the oppositely located device of each pair will have the same movement in order to balance the body of the machine.

2. The combination with a body, of pro polling mechanism, means for steering said body, a plurality of movable devices serving as wings, and each provided with elongated open ended flexiblo bag-like means adapted to spread apart during one movement and to collapse during the reverse movement, means for suspending the devices, and means for operating said devices so that the oppositely arranged devices of each pair will have the same movement in order to balance the body of the machine.

3. The combination with a body, of a phirality of upwardly and downwardly moving devices having flexible bag-like means thereon said bag like means being open at the bottom and having a parachute effect on the air during the downward movement, means for supporting said devices, a pluralitv of levers one for each device, connections between the ends of said levers and the devices, means for operating the levers together with means for propel ling the body forward.

4. An air-ship comprising a body, a drive shaft, a propeller located at the forward and rear of said body, means for operating the propellers from the drive shaft, a steering device located at the forward and rear of the body, a plurality of devices serving as wings and pivotally supported above the body on opposite sides thereof and arranged in pairs, and each device being provided with a plurality of flexible open ended baglike members having means for limiting the spreading effect of said members, a lever for each device, means for operating said lever, and flexible connections between the lever and said devices adapted to hold the same normally in a horizontal position during the downward and upward movement thereof.

5. An air-ship comprising a body, a drive shaft, a propeller located at the forward and rear of said body, means for operating the propellers from the drive shaft, a steering means, a plurality of devices serving as wings pivotally supported on opposite sides thereof, and each device being provided with a plurality of flexible open ended baglike members having means for limiting the spreading effect of said devices, a lever for each device, means for operating said lever, and flexible connections between each lever and its device adapted to hold the same normally in a horizontal position during the downward and upward movement thereof.

6. In an air-ship, a body, a plurality of substantially rectangular devices each having a frame and a plurality of flexible open ended bag-like members, means for pivotally supporting said devices, and means for imparting a vertical movement to the devices.

7. In an air-ship, the combination of a support, of a wing made in the form of a plane and provided with expanding and collapsible bag like members as a part thereof, and means for moving said planes.

This specification signed and witnessed this 25th day of October A. D. 1911.

JOHN E. DE BAUN.

Witnesses:

ALEX. H. MERRITT, CoRA L. ABRAMs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G. 

